Motorola Asia Implements World's Largest Corporate Travel Management System With Sabre Business Travel Solutions; Installation Generates Largest Volume of Non-U.S. Trips Booked

    MINNEAPOLIS, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre (NYSE:   TSG) today announced
 that Motorola Asia has installed Sabre Business Travel Solutions(R) across
 12 countries to simplify travel processes and cut costs.  Motorola has
 deployed Sabre BTS on its corporate Intranet for use by more than
 8,700 travelers.
     Reaching 90 percent of total trips booked, Motorola's adoption rates have
 far exceeded the company's original forecast.  With Sabre's installations in
 Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia,
 Australia, China, Vietnam and the Philippines; Motorola Asia estimates that
 its travel and entertainment costs will be reduced by 30 percent.
     "Motorola was looking for more than just a robust end-to-end travel
 solution like Sabre BTS for our Asian markets.  We needed a service provider
 with a reputation for quality global support and one that fits with our
 overall corporate philosophy and technology direction.  Sabre had both," Paul
 Rode, corporate vice president and director of finance for Motorola.  "Our
 users have found the transition to Sabre BTS simple, convenient and attractive
 because it is such a powerful tool.  Despite the complexity of being deployed
 in multiple countries, Sabre was very flexible in handling Motorola's unique
 travel policy.  We have been pleased with Sabre BTS' ability to efficiently
 handle a wide range of itineraries across a variety of environments."
     Sabre BTS gives business travelers the convenience of making their own
 travel arrangements on their computers with the reassurance of 24-hour access
 and support capabilities from their travel agency, while maintaining the
 integrity of the company's travel and entertainment policies.  In addition,
 the product suite enables corporations to track every travel dollar from pre-
 planning and purchasing to expense reporting and reimbursement.
     "Sabre BTS offers a fast and convenient online experience for business
 travelers while reducing total travel costs for the corporation," said Nancy
 Raynor, senior vice president and general manager of Sabre BTS.  "This
 12-country deployment underscores our system's flexibility and capabilities in
 dealing with complex international travel and multi-country deployment.
 Motorola Asia is on the cutting edge of travel management with a strong vision
 and a corporate culture focused on results.  We are extremely pleased that we
 were able to respond to Motorola's needs by providing a deployment that is
 supported across the globe."
     Sabre is a world leader in the electronic distribution of travel and is a
 leading provider of information technology solutions for the travel and
 transportation industries, including customized software development and
 software products, transaction processing, consulting and total information
 technology outsourcing.
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 company's Web site at http://www.Sabre.com.
     Sabre and the Sabre logo are registered trademarks of an affiliate of The
 Sabre Group, Inc., soon to be known as Sabre Inc.
 
 

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